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Force of Circumstance 1 - After the War 1944-1952

By Simone de Beauvoir

Book information

Publisher
Paragon House
Year
1992
ISBN
1557785236, 9781557785237
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
50 MB (51956692 bytes)
Pages
300\300
Time added
2022-01-26 14:45:03

Description

Covering the years 1944 to 1952, this volume of the autobiography of legendary feminist and writer Simone de Beauvoir gives us not only an intimate account of her relationship with Sartre, but also a wonderful portrait of Parisian intellectual life. During this troubled period, French intellectuals grappled with the horrors of the Holocaust, the onset of the Cold War, and the beginning of colonial wars in Vietnam and Algeria. Beauvoir weaves memorable descriptions and anecdotes about leading members of the French postwar scene, including Genet, Camus, Richard Wright, Artaud, and Cocteau, with an account of her travels in Europe, Africa, and the United States. She also gives us an unforgettable chronicle of her romance with novelist Nelson Algren and of her struggle to live as an independent woman and writer.

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